#CC4142#CC4142

#CC4142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.176 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC4142
RGB	rgb(204, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 54.75, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 62.82, 29.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1602 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.176 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7784, 17.0153, 6.9748)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC4142 #41CCCB

analogous

#CC4188 #CC4142 #CC8541

triadic

#CC4142 #42CC41 #4142CC

tetradic

#CC4142 #88CC41 #41CCCB #8541CC

square

#CC4142 #88CC41 #41CCCB #8541CC

split-complementary

#CC4142 #41CC85 #4188CC

monochromatic

#741F20 #A42C2D #CC4142 #D97172 #E6A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#CC4142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CC4142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC4142

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC4142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC4142	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E01943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc4142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.176 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37e76',
    500: '#cc4142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc4142;
$custom-light: #e37e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc4142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57524,
    "c": 0.17563,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC4142

secondary

#96D3D2

accent

#E1E047

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC4142

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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